◄ 5420. phrassó ►
Lexicon
phrassó: To fence in, to block, to stop, to close

Original Word: φράσσω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: phrassó
Pronunciation: FRAHS-so
Phonetic Spelling: (fras'-so)
KJV: stop
NASB: closed, shut, stopped
Word Origin: [apparently a strengthening form of the base of G5424 (φρήν - thinking)]

1. to fence or inclose
2. (specially) to block up
3. (figuratively) to silence

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
stop.

Apparently a strengthening form of the base of phren; to fence or inclose, i.e. (specially), to block up (figuratively, to silence) -- stop.

see GREEK phren

HELPS Word-studies

5420 phrássō – properly, fence in, enclose; (figuratively) to stop, blocking something off so it can not spread ("get out-of-hand").

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from a root phrag-
Definition
to fence in, to stop
NASB Translation
closed (1), shut (1), stopped (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5420: φράσσω

φράσσω: 1 aorist ἔφραξα; passive, 2 aorist subjunctive 3 person singular φραγῇ; 2 future 3 person singular φραγήσεται (2 Corinthians 11:10 Rbez elz G L T Tr WH); ((allied with Latinfarcio, German Berg, English borough; cf. Vanicek, p. 614); from Homer down); to fence in, block up, stop up, close up (τά ὦτα τοῦ μή ἀκοῦσαι, Proverbs 21:13; τήν ὁδόν ἐν σκόλοψιν, Hosea 2:6; πηγήν, Proverbs 25:26; στόματα λεόντων, Hebrews 11:33): ἡ καύχησις αὕτη οὐ φραγήσεται, this glorying shall not be stopped, i. e. no one shall get from my conduct an argument to prove that it is empty, 2 Corinthians 11:10 (on the reading of Rec.st (σφραγίσεται) see σφραγίζω, at the beginning); tropically, to put to silence (A. V. stop): τό στόμα, Romans 3:19.

Forms and Transliterations
έφραξα εφραξαν έφραξαν ἔφραξαν πεφραγμένη φραγη φραγή φραγῇ φραγησεται φραγήσεται φράσσει φράσσοι φράσσω ephraxan éphraxan phrage phragē phragêi phragē̂i phragesetai phragēsetai phragḗsetai
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Englishman's Concordance
Romans 3:19 V-ASP-3S
GRK: πᾶν στόμα φραγῇ καὶ ὑπόδικος
NAS: mouth may be closed and all
KJV: every mouth may be stopped, and all
INT: every mouth might be stopped and under judgment

2 Corinthians 11:10 V-FIP-3S
GRK: αὕτη οὐ φραγήσεται εἰς ἐμὲ
NAS: of mine will not be stopped in the regions
INT: this not will be sealed up as to me

Hebrews 11:33 V-AIA-3P
GRK: ἐπέτυχον ἐπαγγελιῶν ἔφραξαν στόματα λεόντων
NAS: promises, shut the mouths
KJV: promises, stopped the mouths
INT: obtained promises stopped [the] mouths of lions

Strong's Greek 5420
3 Occurrences


ἔφραξαν — 1 Occ.
φραγῇ — 1 Occ.
φραγήσεται — 1 Occ.

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